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Recent news items, media releases and events related to Markle's activities are included on the list below.

The Need for Centralized Medical Records

October 7, 2009
If you're like most people, you receive your healthcare from more than one doctor—a family medicine specialist, an OB/GYN if ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR

Slade Gorton Joins Markle Board of Directors

October 5, 2009
NEW YORK, NY—Following its Board of Directors meeting on Tuesday, September 29, 2009, the Markle Foundation announced that Slade Gorton, ...
Categories: General Markle   

Markle Task Force Member to Testify on Information Sharing with Recommendations to Strengthen National Security, Protect Privacy

July 29, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC—Jeffrey Smith, an expert on information sharing and a Member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the ...
Categories: National Security   

If Reform Stalls, How Will Health IT Efforts Be Affected?

July 28, 2009
Many involved in health IT -- physicians, hospital administrators, industry leaders, legislators and policymakers -- believe rapid, ...
Categories: Health    Tags: health IT

Can Health IT Help Fund Health Reform?

July 28, 2009
Health information technology (health IT) would digitize patient records, doctors' notes, prescription forms, test results and other ...
Categories: Health    Tags: health IT

Privacy matters: When is personal data truly de-identified?

July 24, 2009
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is about to rule whether health care entities will need to notify patients if their ...
Categories: National Security    Tags: information sharing

White House Deputy CTO Held Mixed Reality Event in Second Life

July 21, 2009
Yesterday, Beth Noveck, the Deputy Chief Technology Officer at the White House and the person responsible for Open Government, held a ...
Categories: National Security    Tags: Internet

Wiki Government: How Technology Can Make Government Better, Democracy Stronger, and Citizens More Powerful

July 20, 2009

Professor and author, Beth Simone Noveck presents her book Wiki Government.

Categories: General Markle   

Government at the Edges: Noveck's View of Participatory Democracy

July 20, 2009
This afternoon in Manhattan, the Markle Foundation hosted Beth Simone Noveck for a coming out party for her new book  "Wiki ...
Categories: National Security    Tags: networks, technology

Health Reform, IT Efforts Must Be Aligned, Not-for-Profit Groups Say

July 16, 2009
Federal efforts to boost health IT adoption must be coordinated with national health reform plans to achieve health care improvements and cost ...
Categories: Health    Tags: health IT
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